Literature Archive

  • A book I re-read recently. This is Somerset Maugham’s little-known novels, not as famous–or in the league of–as the Razor’s Edge but contains his characteristic stamp. He builds the plot with a rare precision and etches characters with just the right tinges: some amount of...

    The Painted Veil

    A book I re-read recently. This is Somerset Maugham’s little-known novels, not as famous–or in the league of–as the Razor’s Edge but contains his characteristic stamp. He builds the plot with a rare precision and etches characters with just the right tinges: some amount of...

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  • One of Browning’s better poems. For your reading pleasure. I It was roses, roses, all the way, With myrtle mixed in my path like mad. The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway, The church-spires flamed, such flags they had, A year ago on this very...

    The Patriot

    One of Browning’s better poems. For your reading pleasure. I It was roses, roses, all the way, With myrtle mixed in my path like mad. The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway, The church-spires flamed, such flags they had, A year ago on this very...

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  • Here is an interesting poem for your reading pleasure: I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I begged at evening When I counted my scanty store; For Life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask,...

    Inspiring

    Here is an interesting poem for your reading pleasure: I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I begged at evening When I counted my scanty store; For Life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask,...

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  • Read this before proceeding further. THE THOUGHT FOX (by Ted Hughes) I imagine this midnight moment?s forest: Something else is alive Beside the clock?s loneliness And this blank page where my fingers move. Through the window I see no star: Something more near Though deeper...

    The Power to Create Thoughts

    Read this before proceeding further. THE THOUGHT FOX (by Ted Hughes) I imagine this midnight moment?s forest: Something else is alive Beside the clock?s loneliness And this blank page where my fingers move. Through the window I see no star: Something more near Though deeper...

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  • Sinclair Lewis happens to be the first American to win the Nobel Prize. His acceptance came as a minor surprise to everybody because he had earlier rejected the Pulitzer: his reason was that there were fewer commercial strings attached to the Nobel; the Nobel is...

    Prize Acceptance Speech or Attack?

    Sinclair Lewis happens to be the first American to win the Nobel Prize. His acceptance came as a minor surprise to everybody because he had earlier rejected the Pulitzer: his reason was that there were fewer commercial strings attached to the Nobel; the Nobel is...

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